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package com.alibaba.antx.util.configuration;

/**
 * This interface should be implemented by classes that need to be configured
 * with custom parameters before initialization. The contract surrounding a
 * <code>Configurable</code> is that the instantiating entity must call the
 * <code>configure</code> method before it is valid. Note that this interface is
 * incompatible with Parameterizable.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@avalon.apache.org">Avalon Development Team</a>
 */
public interface Configurable {
    /**
     * Pass the <code>Configuration</code> to the <code>Configurable</code>
     * class.
     *
     * @param configuration the class configurations. Must not be
     *                      <code>null</code>.
     * @throws ConfigurationException if an error occurs
     */
    void configure(Configuration configuration) throws ConfigurationException;
}
